
LYRICS · ACT IV · AETERNUM
Mea Es — You Are Mine
Track 8 on Aeternum: The Balance, Act IV of Black Swarm’s Latin electronic opera.
Latin lyrics & English translation
Opus meum es
Dedisti ei quod voluit — ut nihil teneret
Misericordia tua — vindicta perfecta
You are my work
You gave him what he wanted — so that he would hold nothing
Your mercy — the perfect vengeance
Fortasse
Perhaps
Sciebam quid facerem
Sed elegi
Elegi servare — non secare
I knew what I was doing
But I chose
I chose to keep — not to cut
Nullus gladius sic secat
Nullus… gladius
Mea es
Mea es
No sword cuts like that
No… sword
You are mine
You are mine
Orbis vivit
Vindicta non plantat
Orbis vivit — vindicta… non plantat
The world lives
Vengeance does not plant
The world lives — vengeance… does not plant
Ideo opus meum optimum es — quia nescis quid sis
Nescis… quid sis
That is why you are my finest work — because you do not know what you are
You do not know… what you are
(Mea es)
Elegi
(Mea es)
Elegi
(Mea…)
Elegi…
(You are mine)
I chose
(You are mine)
I chose
(Mine…)
I chose…
Amor meus means both “my love” the feeling and “my love” the man; the opera uses both.